Mizzima
2012-08-04
Burma has outlined a master plan for monetary development that will allow local banks to set up joint-venture banks with foreign banks with branches...
2012-08-04
The UN special human rights reporter for Burma, Tomas Ojea Quintana, met with five detained UN staff members on Wednesday in Burthidaung Prison in...
2012-08-01
Burma’s Election Commission chairman and a small group of political party leaders met last week to discuss a proportional electoral system, a...
2012-07-31
UN human rights expert on Burma, Tomas Ojea Quintana, left for Rakhine State on Tuesday to look into reports of abuses against Rakhine Muslims.
2012-07-31
The Burmese foreign ministry “strongly rejects the accusations made by some quarters that abuses and excessive use of force were made by the...
2012-07-30
The UNHCR has started building shelters in several internally displaced persons camps in Rakhine State, a spokesman said on Friday.
2012-07-30
More international airlines are set to extend flights to Burma in October, according to domestic media reports.
2012-07-30
The UN expert on human rights in Burma arrived in the country on Sunday, as dozens of Muslim governments and organizations have called on Burma to...
2012-07-27
Burma’s aging three oil refineries, which produce only a meager number of barrels per daily, will be privatized, say government authorities.
2012-07-27
Up to 100,000 school teachers will carry out Burma’s door-to-door census in 2014 with the support of the United Nations, in what will be Burma’s...
2012-07-27
The judge in the trial of a Kachin man whose lawyer said his client was tortured to obtain a confession has ordered the lawyer not to share...
2012-07-26
Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) outbreaks in cattle have affected children in Asia in recent months, says the World Health Organization (WHO)...
2012-07-26
Burma has sentenced 92 Thais to three-and-a-half years in for prison terms for illegal entry and encroachment on forestland without permission.
2012-07-26
Aung San Suu Kyi joined other Burmese lawmakers in calling for laws guaranteeing the rights of ethnic minorities on Wednesday, addressing her fellow...
2012-07-25
Burma's new Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) is in the process of final revisions and should be completed by the end of this year, according to...